Certified™: Special Career Issue

Starting your career as a brand new health and fitness professional can feel daunting, but there’s no need to go it alone. We’ve asked some veteran fitness professionals for their advice on a few key topics when it comes to getting started in the fitness industry. Reading their answers is sure to make you feel more welcome and ease some of the fear that comes with this new transition.

Also In This Issue

If you’ve been training for a while, you know how easy it can be to fall into a rut with your clients’ workouts—especially your long-term clients. Learn how to identify if you’re stuck in a rut, along with tips and ideas for getting unstuck and adding variety to your clients’ workouts that will keep them progressing forward and engaged in their health and fitness efforts.

Your clients and participants look to you to be the fitness expert, but do you ever feel more like a fitness fraud? Imposter syndrome is especially common among newly certified health and exercise professionals, but even those with years of experience are not immune. This article explores these uncomfortable feelings and highlights the strategies other health and exercise professionals have used to overcome them.